Live Docs in Confluence Cloud: Collaborate in Real-Time

Rajat Pratap Singh

Hello Atlassian Community!!

Confluence Cloud has rolled out an exciting new feature: Live Docs. This feature allows teams to collaborate on documents in real time, making brainstorming, planning, and documentation more efficient and interactive.

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What Are Live Docs?

Live Docs are a new type of Confluence page that support real-time collaborative editing. Multiple users can work on the same document simultaneously, with changes appearing instantly for everyone.

Key features include:

• Real-Time Collaboration: Everyone with edit access can update the document at the same time.

• Inline Comments and Reactions: Add comments or emoji reactions directly within the Live Doc.

• Jira Integration: Link or create Jira issues directly from highlighted text within the Live Doc.

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Why Live Docs Matter

Live Docs transform team collaboration:

• Faster Co-Creation: Teams can work on meeting notes, project plans, or requirements simultaneously.

• Reduced Duplication: No more juggling multiple drafts or merging changes manually.

• Seamless Updates: Changes to embedded Jira issues, tables, and macros update in real time.

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Getting Started

1. Click “Create” in a Confluence space: Live Docs appear as an option alongside regular pages.

2. Select Live Doc: Choose this to start a new collaborative document.
   

3. Start Editing: Invite teammates with edit access to collaborate in real time.

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Tips for Effective Collaboration

• Use Space Permissions: Only users with 'add' permission for live docs in the space can modify the Live Doc.
  

• Leverage Comments: Leave inline comments to provide feedback and acknowledge contributions.

• Check Version History: Live Docs automatically maintain version snapshots after each unique edit session.

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Your Turn

• Have you started using Live Docs yet? What’s the first document you created collaboratively?

• If you’re new, what type of team document would you like to try first as a Live Doc?

Share your experiences and tips in the comments!

Nils_hfhtap

Still haven't seen it appear.

Am as of yet unsure if it's even available on a free plan, which we're still at.
We've been on Trello Premium for over a decade, but only exploring Confluence since late August.

Availability of Live Docs seems to be mentioned on the features pages for all plans but I can't tell.

I'm aware I have to activate the feature in the space settings under General, Features but the option is not there. The space permission we obviously don't have access to for now.

We're just a tiny team of a handful, but it's a very interesting product, certainly how it really ties into Trello. Org-wide we have a SharePoint, but our dept. have very little use for that.

My idea was to go fifty-fifty on knowledge base and goals, versus active meeting and planning notes--for which the Live feature seems particularly useful; no need to continuously republish and uncheck the notification.

But I'm seeing Confluence change drastically almost every day now, so who knows.